Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two women: Ujunwa Una and Chinelo Igbechionwu, for allegedly selling newborn babies.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a statement issued on Friday, 20 September, 2024 in Lagos.
According toHundeyin, the suspects were arrested by patrol officers from Ojodu Division stationed at Berger bus stop, an entry point into Lagos State, who had earlier been alerted about the suspects by a good Samaritan.
He added that the suspects were found with two newborn baby girls, approximately six days old, while traveling from Abia State on September 9, 2024.
The state police image-maker said investigations revealed that the suspects were en route to deliver the babies to one nurse in Lagos State whom the mother of the babies promised to link them up with only after they had arrived in Lagos.
The suspects, who confessed to the crime, stated that they were paid N150,000 for the transportation of the babies to Lagos, adding that the mother of the babies sold them because she could not give them proper care.
Hundeyin said the case was transferred to the Gender Unit of the Command from where the newborns were placed in the custody of a motherless babies’ home for proper care and medical evaluation.
He further stated that while investigation is ongoing to arrest other conspirators, the arrested suspects were arraigned on Thursday, 19 September, 2024.
